Jonathan Amponsah CTA FCCA, founder of The Tax Guys, takes a look at a selection of apps to help manage business finances, keep track of accounts and maximise productivity
If partial automation has not yet arrived in the accounts payable department of your organisation, it will not be long before it does, says Magali Michel, director at Yooz
Debbie Green, vice president of applications at Oracle UK, analyses how the latest technologies can be best utilised for accountants and provides advice on how companies can benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
KPMG has taken on extra office space in Manchester to extend its national technology innovation hub, bringing the total number of staff employed in the city to over 1,000
A team of academics at Lancaster University has developed an app to help investors and regulators make sense of hard-to-understand financial reports, after finding that while annual reports have doubled in length in the last decade, there has been no improvement in their readability score
KPMG plans to expand its software engineering degree apprenticeship, quadrupling the number of applicants, as the firm embarks on a drive to train more engineers to support its technology team
Half of small businesses say they have made mistakes when sending in their VAT return and only a quarter are confident they have the figures correct despite spending more than an hour checking
Facebook is to pay a record-breaking $5bn (£4bn) penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the company deceived users about their ability to control the privacy of their personal information
Fraud is costing businesses and individuals in the UK £130bn each year, while the cost to the global economy is put at £3.89 trillion, with losses rising by 56% in the past decade
Advances in fintech could transform the accounting profession if firms leverage the technology to help growth their practices and offer extended services to their smaller clients, explains Sam O’Connor ACA, co-founder & CEO of smart banking app Coconut
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) plans to fine hotel chain Marriott International £99m for general data protection regulation (GDPR) infringements, just days after a record-breaking £183m fine for British Airways over a privacy breach
As the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) releases its latest rule book for loan-based, peer-to-peer platforms, Kam Dhillon, principal associate at Gowling WLG, explains the regulator’s latest attempts to improve investor protection
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to replace human intervention for auditing processes and financial transactions will not remove the need for professional judgment, ICAEW warns
There has been a sharp spike in the number of cyber incidents reported by financial services firms, with 819 cases logged with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2018, up from 69 the previous year, according to analysis from RSM
